Was Chandler Bg supposed to be gay Friends?

is chandler from friends gay in real life

If Chandler had been gay, would the show have been funnier? Would that have let them tell better stori?

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WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.

* is chandler from friends gay in real life *

How close did the people behd the h show Friends e to makg Chandler gay? Chandler uld have had the most proment gay character televisn history… until the show’s creators cid to straighten him out.

It was about six twenty-somethg Gen-Xers livg, lghg, and lovg implsibly large Manhattan apartments, and was a lot ls shy than other shows of the time about dog gay episos.

He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s sarstic, he’s unlucky love, he’s well drsed — and he was believed to be totally gay, both by characters on the show and by people real life.

HERE'S WHY SOME 'FRIENDS' FANS THK CHANDLER WAS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY

A longstandg urban legend is that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay  Friends until Matthew Perry was st the role. * is chandler from friends gay in real life *

Chandler go to his iends and asks if they ever thought he was gay, and learns that they all thought he was. And they’re not alone, bee when this episo aired, a lot of viewers thought he was gay as well.

In the early velopment of Friends, creators Marta Kffman and David Crane “entertaed the possibily that Chandler uld be gay, ” acrdg to terviews published back the 1990s. If they’d gone wh a gay actor, he said, they might’ve stuck to the gay plan. Instead of havg the character be gay, they cid stead to have everyone jt thk he’s gay.

TV LEGENDS: WAS CHANDLER ON FRIENDS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?

Wrers were told to “wre gay and play straight. Viewers may have been primed to notice gay characters the mid-90s bee they were creasgly visible on the news and talk shows.

There are tons of articl om the show’s origal n perd about how gay Chandler seems — so many terviews where they have to very patiently expla, no, he’s not gay, really.

The show loved droppg ltle gay hts about Chandler.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* IS CHANDLER FROM FRIENDS GAY IN REAL LIFE

TV Legends: Was Chandler on Friends Origally Meant To Be Gay?.

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